Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 439

Now that the emperor has identified King Zhongshun as the mastermind, there can be no talk of killing the nine tribes.

After a month of back and forth, with the death of Prince Zhongshun and his family, Lai Shangrong finally handed over his errands.

Although King Beijing was cleared of the suspicion of being the mastermind, and the Emperor and the Empress Dowager repeatedly begged for mercy, the emperor felt guilty for having placed the two of them under house arrest, so he returned King Beijing to the palace under house arrest, awaiting his final sentence.

After finishing his errands, Lai Shangrong had not yet thought about what to do with the soap and shipyard shares after the death of King Zhongshun.

First, he went to the Jinyiwei Prison to pick up Miaoyu, and he just sent her to Rongguo Mansion's Cuicui Temple for temporary resettlement.

Before he could taste the Buddha Yuan carefully, Youshi came over in a hurry.

"Uncle! The emperor has summoned you to the palace!"

He could only go home and change his clothes. Thinking of the clothes Miaoyu had left behind, he told Youshi: "Send the few bags of clothes in the main house to Zhuancui'an."

Afterwards, we drove to the palace.

In the imperial study, looking at the stack of bills handed over by Xia Shouzhong, he looked at Qi Ning aside with confusion.

However, before he could confirm his eyes with Qining, Emperor Zhenglong slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "If you don't drink a toast, you'll have to drink a fine wine. For the sake of my mother and concubine, I'm going to take the punishment lightly. Since they don't know what's good and what's good, Don't blame me!
Qining, go back and investigate thoroughly! "

Lai Shangrong quickly turned his attention to the bill in his hand.

After reading it, he wondered: "Your Majesty! Is there something wrong with these land title deeds and pawnshop bills? Wei Chen doesn't quite understand!"

"These were found from the Beijing Prince's Mansion, and they are all hidden assets of the Zhen family!"

"This..." Lai Shangrong was immediately confused. Since King Beijing helped the Zhen family hide their property, then King Beijing's original statement that he had no relationship with the princess was questionable.

Now that King Zhongshun's family is dead, if the case is unjust, false, and wrongly decided, as the supervisor, I will...

Lai Shangrong felt a chill running down his spine and secretly cursed Qining for being troublesome.

Qi Ning was actually very wronged. The Zhen family's case was also supervised by Jin Yiwei. The Zhen family's hidden property was seized from the Beijing Palace, and he had to report it.

It was precisely in order to clear the relationship between this matter and the assassination of King Jing that he deliberately did not invite Lai Shangrong to report together.

"The emperor means...maybe King Beijing is acting?"

"Qining has already interrogated people from the palace. Shui Rong probably didn't know about this matter. The princess helped hide it, but..."

Speaking of this, Emperor Zhenglong looked at Lai Shangrong and said solemnly: "It's just that I can't rest assured yet. I need you to verify it!"

Lai Shangrong secretly thought, could it be that the words of King Zhongshun aroused the emperor's suspicion?
He said cautiously: "Please make it clear, Your Majesty! Weichen has no friendship with King Beijing. I don't know how to verify it?"

"Since the rumors among the people are believed by the whole capital to be true, and Aiqing has cleared his suspicions, it is only natural that he comes to ask for some reward!"

"Reward..." Lai Shangrong finally understood the emperor's intention at this time, and suddenly realized: "Is the emperor asking me to take the opportunity to test King Beijing's reaction?"

After all, in front of the emperor, he was too embarrassed to say the word coercion, so he could only speak vaguely.

Emperor Zhenglong was afraid that he would not understand the true meaning, so he warned: "Although it is a test, it still needs to be fake, otherwise how can we draw a conclusion?"

After that, there was no room for doubt: "I will send someone to accompany you to the palace right now. All you need to do is inform the princess about helping the Zhen family hide their property, and then hint that he will reciprocate the favor. There is no need to say more!"

As he said that, he looked towards Xia Shouzhong, who immediately handed over a token.

Lai Shangrong took the token and heard Emperor Zhenglong shout: "Wang Han, Ma Chao!"

Two guards came in from outside the palace.

What else can Lai Shangrong say?He was escorted by two guards all the way to the Beijing Palace and showed the token given by the emperor.

When King Bei Jing heard that Lai Shangrong had come to the door, he reluctantly welcomed him in.

"Why are Master Lai here?"

Although Lai Shangrong was in good hands and helped clear away the suspicion, his family knew about his family affairs and had begged him in tears to interrogate the princess to prove her innocence. Now that the suspicion has been cleared, how can they be embarrassed to face it calmly?
With two guards at his side, Lai Shangrong did not dare to slack off in his work, jokingly saying: "What? The prince has just been cleared of suspicion, and he doesn't even have a glass of water and wine, so he is going to kill the donkey so soon?"

"How...how could it be!"

King Beijing pretended to bow and said: "Master Lai is an honored guest that I can't even invite!"

With that said, he quickly ordered the food and drinks to be prepared, and he led Lai Shangrong to the side hall.

Lai Shangrong was not in the mood to drink, so he casually made a fuss, paid homage to the Five Zang Temple for a while, and then went straight to the point: "Today's visit is not entirely a private matter. There is something I need to confirm with the prince."

"Master Lai has something to do, but please tell me that the young prince will tell you everything he knows!" "When we searched the palace, we found two boxes of pawn bills, which were stolen money hidden by the Zhen family. Does the prince know about it?"

"What?" King Beijing said in shock: "It's unfair, sir! Xiao Wang really doesn't know! It must be the king...that bitch made the decision without permission, sir, please tell me clearly!"

"Haha! Mingjian? Last time, the prince said that as long as he helped you clear away the suspicion, he would repay the favor. Now that the prince has been cleared of the suspicion, it will take some time to be released. Let alone repay the favor. If I hadn't come to the door in person, I'm afraid You can’t even have a drink!”

"How...how could it be possible? Xiao Wang was just worried that the adults would be busy with things. He wanted to wait until the case was understood before inviting the adults to come. Unexpectedly, the adults just came after today!"

He licked his face again as he spoke, flatteringly said: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose the day. You see, how about Xiao Wang being your cow or horse today?"

Pooh!
Only then did Lai Shangrong remember that King Beijing had indeed said this that day. Apparently, his insinuation just now caused unnecessary misunderstandings.

There was a sound of bad luck in the secret channel.

He glanced into the hall, looked around and said, "I've been here for so long, but why haven't I seen the princess?"

"Oh!..." King Beijing opened his mouth wide, and suddenly realized: "Yes, yes! It was Xiao Wang who was negligent. Please wait a minute, Xiao Wang will ask someone to call the princess!"

After a while, Princess Beijing walked into the hall.

Seeing Lai Shangrong, he bowed politely and said, "I thank Mr. Lai..."

At this point, I stopped immediately. I can't say thank you for not accepting the suggestion. Let's torture him in front of my husband!
Therefore, I don’t know where to start at the moment.

Lai Shangrong thanked her as soon as she came in. He felt quite embarrassed thinking that it was hard to violate the sacred order.

Fortunately, King Beijing rescued the siege in time and scolded: "Let me ask you, are you arrogant in making decisions and hiding stolen goods for your mother's family without telling me?"

"Ah!~" Princess Beijing opened her delicate and plump lips, revealing the soft and smooth lilac tongue inside.

'Gudong! ’ Lai Shangrong swallowed dissatisfiedly.

King Beijing immediately said: "Ah, what! I, the king, will avoid it first, and you can come here with Mr. Lai to recruit him!"

Then he turned around and left.

Princess Beijing hurriedly chased out of the hall, timidly looking at the two guards outside the door, and said: "Your Majesty! How can this be done without a man and a woman?"

"It's all your fault. Do you still want me to make amends for you?"

"My lord, I..."

King Beijing glanced at the two guards and pulled the princess away slightly. He was afraid that she might offend Lai Shangrong without knowing it. He whispered: "What are you doing? Zhongshun... The old man also said that he has always been good at this." , now he comes to ask for benefits again, how can I cross the river and burn the bridge without leaving any way out? What if he insists on hiding the property for your mother's family, how will this end?

For the current plan, you can only make up for it yourself! "

"What?" Princess Beijing originally thought it was just a cross-examination, but she didn't expect that Prince Beijing actually hinted that she would accompany him. In the prison a few days ago, she was glad that this person was not the other person, but she didn't expect it to happen so quickly...

He was horrified: "How to do this?"

"Why can't you do it? If this king has an emergency, you can still get good results? I'm afraid that selling Jiaofangsi will be light by then. Rather than being sold there all day long... it's better to serve him alone. alright!"

As he spoke, he grabbed her sleeves, pulled the resisting princess to the front of the hall, and suddenly pushed her in.

Then, as fast as lightning, he grabbed one side of the door with both hands and closed the door firmly.

After doing all this, he glanced at the guards on both sides and ordered: "You two come over and hold on tight, don't let her escape."

The two guards turned a deaf ear to his words and said: "We only listen to your orders, Your Majesty, it's better for you to hold on to it yourself!"

Not to mention King Beijing outside, he was helpless with the two guards.

But when Princess Beijing was pushed into the house, Lai Shangrong was already ready. He stepped forward and took Princess Beijing into his arms.

Princess Beijing only felt a pair of hot hands wrapped around her waist, and the heat seemed to sweep through her body through the palace clothes.

He sighed secretly, he still didn't escape the torture after all, he closed his eyes tightly and let out a '嘤咛' sound.

Lai Shangrong looked at the panic on his elegant and dignified pretty face, and said to himself, it is hard to violate the holy order, I have offended you!

He lowered his head and held it toward Princess Beijing's flushed, amber-like ears.

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(End of this chapter)